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❝ It's Sam. Leave me a message. ❞

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[dust_of_life]

Good answer.

[She sinks back down against the pillows with a pleased, sleepy smile.]

I don't think so either.

[runsaway]

[ Somewhat reluctantly, Sam moves to her side again on the bed that still feels much too small for the both of them. ]

Don't let me keep you up.

[dust_of_life]

Don't want to sleep. Don't want this day to end.

[Still, she rolls onto her side, leaning her back against him.]

[runsaway]

[ He wraps his arm around her, kissing the back of her head. He didn't really want to inconvenience her roommates, but leaving right now isn't something he'd like to do. ]

You're going to need to sleep.

[dust_of_life]

Of course. I'm only human.

[She sets her palm over the back of his hand, her thumb lightly playing against his fingertips.]

Sleeping isn't the problem. It's the waking up that's a bitch.

[runsaway]

[ He kisses her again before settling his nose in her hair. ]

Not if you have a reason to.

[dust_of_life]

Okay.

[She shifts her weight, snuggling back against him a little more.]

Give me a reason.

[runsaway]

Hmmm...

[ There are a few piles of promises he could offer, but knows better than that. ]

Raincheck for tomorrow night?

[dust_of_life]

[Oh, it's a good thing she's facing away from him. Because the grin that splits her face is embarrassingly big.]

That'll do.

[runsaway]

[ He doesn't need to see it, he can hear it in her voice and it's just what he wants to hear. ]

Good.

[dust_of_life]

[She's quiet a moment, just enjoying the heat and the weight of his body beside her. It's almost peaceful enough to fall asleep.

Until...]

Sam...

[runsaway]

[ He doesn't fall asleep that quickly, not even close, but it's still a calm moment he can enjoy. ]

Yeah?

[dust_of_life]

[She bites down on her lower lip for a second, torn between several emotions, before she says:]

This isn't my bed.

[runsaway]

...

[ WELP. It may be now, Fatima. ]

...You just noticed that?

[dust_of_life]

[She looks back over her shoulder at him, raising an eyebrow.]

I was a little distracted.

[runsaway]

[ Huff. Okay, fair, but...well. ]

...It might be now.

[dust_of_life]

[Fatima laughs. Gently at first, but gradually louder and bigger. With absolute and total delight.]

I hadn't thought of it that way.

[runsaway]

Well, I can't imagine anyone else would be excited to be here.

[dust_of_life]

Point.

[She leans over her shoulder, kissing him again. Gently this time. Tender.]

Meanwhile, I never want to leave.

[runsaway]

[ He's more than happy to kiss her back. ]

M'not asking you to.

[dust_of_life]

You know better. I don't follow orders very well.

[She settles back down, pressing her back against his skin, pulling his arm a little tighter around her waist. There's that tingle of electricity that always comes from feeling his body against hers. Sleepy or not, she'll never not notice it.]

I prefer to give them.

[runsaway]

Mhmm.

[ Her shoulder gets a kiss, for what it's worth, but Sam is quickly realizing he's becoming a bit of a pushover to her in some respects. He's generally not the kind of person who likes to follow orders, either, as she's surely noticed from his stubbornness. But there are some things he'll give for her. ]

[dust_of_life]

[For some reason, aside from the mouth, that's probably her favorite place to be kissed. There's something deeply intimate about it. Maybe because no one else has ever done it. But she's not up to the challenge of analyzing right now. She just enjoys it, closing her eyes.]

Did you destroy the spiral in your room?

[runsaway]

[ He tries to every time he sees it, even if he does spend most his nights there. ]

Yeah. I'll be fine.

[ For one night, at least. ]

[dust_of_life]

[Fatima's made a game out of finding new and interesting ways to destroy it. It doesn't really mean anything, other than to express to Yao, in any way she can, that they don't own her. They can manipulate her and hurt her and even kill her, sure. But she'll sleep where she damn well wants.

And if it happens that that means exactly where she is at the moment, then that's a choice too.]

Then you can stay?